Mar. 9 at 2:29 PM
$CME reported a staggering ADV of 37.6M contracts [up +14% y/y], the highest in the company’s history - underscores a period of intense market recalibration, driven primarily by a surge in interest rate products & an unprecedented level of international participation
CME expected to streamline margin efficiencies even further, potentially driving another leg up in Treasury trading volume. Also, strategic focus will likely remain on enhancing tech stability to prevent a repeat of the Feb 26 outage, while also expanding into new frontier products like rare earth futures
Another area of potential growth: "event-based" trading & prediction markets - partnering w/
$FLUT FanDual &
$CBOE focus on economic outcome contracts
$FOX $BYD